The Samsung Galaxy S25 and OnePlus 13 offer great designs and premium performance, but they aren’t necessarily made for the same people

Let's face it: the flagship Android smartphone scene has been stale for several years now. Year after year, we just get incremental upgrades. Every once in a while, an interesting smartphone grabs our attention,

OnePlus has seemingly confirmed that its 2025 model phones will feature a major design overhaul, and a recent social media post shared details on what that could mean.

While there's a robust global market of smartphone manufacturers, in the U.S., most people are probably rocking something made by Apple, Samsung, or Google. Those companies all make totally fine flagship phones, but if you want an alternative, OnePlus 13 might be the one for you.

The OnePlus 13R has all the specs of last year’s flagship and has a good price tag compared to those phones, but it also comes with some compromises.

While the Galaxy S25’s display is bright and durable, the OnePlus 13 stands out with its larger, higher-resolution screen and exceptional brightness levels. While both phones embrace flat designs, the OnePlus 13 offers a larger display and superior water resistance, making it the more rugged choice for adventurous users.

OnePlus brought back a clever camera feature, and it's made the OnePlus 13 by far the best concert camera I have right now.

The OnePlus 13R has a new camera and better algorithms over the OnePlus 12R. But does this justify the $100 price hike? I found out!

And this tradition continues, with the iPhone 16 being right in the path of the Galaxy S25. Like the Galaxy S25, the iPhone 16 is a compact phone too, with a 6.1 inch Super Retina XDR display with a Dynamic Island, although it still features a basic refresh rate of 60 Hz.

The OnePlus 13 has been my Android phone of choice for so many weeks, and I don't know how any other phone will match it for stickiness. Here's why.

The latest OxygenOS update adds AI-assisted translation tools that makes it easier to hold two-way conversations in split-screen mode, and even with headphones.

Samsung has packed a lot into such a small footprint with the Galaxy S25 Edge, but it needs to prove that there is a market for such ultra-thin smartphones.